Pies with jam - an integral part of the Russian culinary tradition

Undeniable is the fact that traditional Russian hospitality is based on the foundations of our cuisine, which absorbed everything achieved by different peoples, gathered once under the wings of the double-headed imperial eagle. But, in addition to the multicultural acquisitions mastered by the Russian people over the centuries-old history of their existence, there is also an experience of creating the basic traditions of the feast, not partaken by our neighbors part of the Slavic soul.

Russians have baked bread from an acidic yeast dough since the early 15th century, long before it became available to an enlightened Europe. At the same time, the Russians for the first time mastered the new technology for producing pies filled with meat, mushrooms, berries and vegetables cultivated in agricultural production of that time.

Since that time, the tradition of baking for holidays and every day different kinds of food, including in this list and pies with jam, so widely and widely loved by our people, has its origin. However, jam, as a way of long-term storage of harvested fruit and berries by mixing and digesting with sugar, arose in Russia from the moment of the appearance of sugar-making only three hundred years ago. By that time, domestic cookery already had quite a lot of experience in making different bakes with the use of a test from a variety of grains and varieties.

Pies with jam became almost the first confectionery products. But the technology of food temperature processing has also changed dramatically, thanks to which the menu of the Russian feast was enriched not only with pastries, but with pies fried in oil, steamed, etc. However, pies with jam were baked for the most part from wheat flour, high quality, Which became both popular and most often applicable for confectioners' products, specializing in the production of sweet products. In the beginning of the last century, special popularity among sweeties was won by pies with jam, the recipe of which had in its composition a dough conventionally called puff pastry. It owes its appearance to the sunny Italy and from there came to the menu of our confectioners. Now, puff cakes with jam are an indispensable attribute of our culinary culture and are enjoyed by consumers of a very different age and mentality with well-deserved love, and in the technology of puff pastry making our cooks came up with their own original recipes.

In the traditions of our people, the love of culinary skills, especially if it brings joy and happiness home comfort. Home baking is one of the mandatory skills for any self-respecting hostess. To prepare sweet cakes the future culinary specialists start from school and with pleasure carry this love to the end of their life. And really, in order to bake a homemade pie does not require any special skills - it is enough to show patience.

Recipes for all kinds of pies, designed for all cases of our diverse lives, you can find a great many, just give it a little time. The main advantage of pies in general and sweet in particular, that they are simple in cooking, are available by their ingredients, tasty and nutritious for the whole family. In many Russian families tea drinking with the obligatory addition in the form of homemade cakes, which may include pies with jam, sweet custard cakes, various kinds of cookies and other sweets, become a part of the obligatory leisure, bringing joy to both children and adults. This way of entertainment is available for any layer of modern Russian society and is useful in all seasons.